Nevado de Toluca National Park

Nevado de Toluca National Park,Nevado de Toluca VolcanoJomillsjopark in México state, central Mexico. It is situated in the municipality of Zinacantepec, on the Mexico–Toluca–Guadalajara highway west of Mexico City. Established in 1936, it has an area of 259 square miles (671 square km). The park’s chief feature is the dormant, snowcapped Nevado de Toluca Volcano, 14,977 feet (4,565 metres) high, in the crater of which are two picturesque lakes that reflect glaciers and clouds. The crater’s rim can be reached by a road that is said to be the highest in the country. The lower slopes of the mountains are heavily wooded with pine and fir trees.

Click anywhere inside the article to add text or insert superscripts, subscripts, and special characters.
You can also highlight a section and use the tools in this bar to modify existing content:

Add links to related Britannica articles!
You can double-click any word or highlight a word or phrase in the text below and then select an article from the search box.
Or, simply highlight a word or phrase in the article, then enter the article name or term you'd like to link to in the search box below, and select from the list of results.

Note: we do not allow links to external resources in editor.
Please click the Web sites link for this article to add citations for
external Web sites.